AMERICAN ATHR-180M 1**
0.95 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade B: where this UEF sits among the 397 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
A gas tankless unit, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
For a check against the registry: AMERICAN ATHR-180M 1** uses 178 therms of natural gas a year at the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. That is 4 therms below the class median of 182 therms, ranking 45th lowest of 397 models.
Energy use per year
178 therms a year
Computed by this site from the registry's UEF and the federal test's daily hot-water draw for this draw pattern. What it costs depends on the natural gas rate where you live.
That is below the median of 182 therms for the 397 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 45 of 397, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (178 therms). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 173 therms Median 182 therms Max 209 therms
What it costs to run where you live
What the registry files
- UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) how much hot water you get for each unit of energy the heater uses
- 0.95 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas tankless unit at the high draw pattern.
- Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
- High DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Maximum Gallons Per Minute how many gallons a minute it can heat while running continuously
- 5.3 gal/min DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2024-02-01 ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
- Connected / demand response (ENERGY STAR) whether the unit can take signals from your utility to shift when it heats, and by which standard (such as CTA-2045)
- No ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
$2,358–$3,405 installed
Not a quote — a modeled range of what installers have charged for this class of unit; your price will vary with labor rates, access, and local code requirements.
Escalation indexes: equipment (BLS PPI) latest available: August 2026; labor (BLS ECI) latest available: April 2026 to June 2026.
NLR REMDB (BLS PPI/ECI escalated) · 2026-04-01Safety record
No CPSC recall names this model.
Checked against the CPSC recall database. CPSC does not publish a model-level match for this product category, so this list is curated by hand from the manufacturer's recall filings.
CPSC · 2026-09-24Does it fit your space?
Enter your own numbers below — this compares them to what ENERGY STAR publishes for this model, it does not tell you what to buy.
- Dimensions (ENERGY STAR)
- the unit's filed height, width, depth or tank diameter, in inches
- Input voltage and maximum current (ENERGY STAR)
- the circuit voltage the unit is certified on and the most current it draws
- Vent type and size (ENERGY STAR)
- how a gas unit is vented, the vent's diameter and the height of its vent connector
What these figures mean
How this compares
The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.
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UEF 0.95 · Grade B Price it on your ZIP
The 178 therms figure is not a registry value. This site computed it from the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, which is 0.95 for AMERICAN ATHR-180M 1**, and from the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the high draw pattern. The fuel is natural gas, and the source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The figure holds only at that federal test draw. A home that draws more or less hot water than the test will use a different amount of gas, and this page has no data on how much different.
The high draw pattern describes a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. This unit's maximum flow rate in gallons per minute is 5.3. That value is a limit on flow; the data used here do not show whether it covers a particular home's simultaneous demand. Among the 397 gas tankless models registered at the high draw pattern, the unit ranks 45th lowest for energy use, which places it in the lowest quarter of its class. Its 178 therms sits 4 therms below the class median of 182 therms. A household well below the test draw is not the one this pattern describes, and the selector by fuel, space and size can narrow the options by those inputs.
The running cost is not written in this text because it depends on your state's average residential gas price. Multiply 178 therms by the price per therm that applies to you to get the yearly gas cost at the test draw. The cost calculator on your own ZIP does this for you, and how the annual cost is calculated sets out the method. The result changes if your household's actual draw differs from the high draw pattern. The modeled installed-cost range is shown in its own block on this page with its source and date. It is a range, not a quote, and it is not repeated here. For another model in the same class, find a same-class replacement by model number.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19